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I haven't flashed a new ROM in awhile and really don't want to have to go through every ROM/modem combination to find one that works for my needs. I know plenty of folks here go through almost every ROM that is available so I'm hoping to pick your brains.
1) I'm NOT asking "what is the best ROM". I <3 -all- of the ROM authors and don't wish to start that kind of mess.
2) I'm willing to try a couple of combinations to see.
3) My Cappy is brand new (I just exchanged my old one under warranty since I was one of those in the original batch that got the lovely random shutdown issue even with 2.1-update1) ... not sure if that is going to matter or not but I've read a lot of posts that seem to make it clear that different Cappy batches behave better with different ROMs.
So ... what I'm primarily looking for:
* I'm on AT&T so I need 850
* I would REALLY like to get improved GPS performance ... I don't want to buy a standalone GPS (wife has one, I'll use it when I have to) ... right now even with the GPS tweaks like Skyhook I'm just not getting acceptable lock times and it loves to break lock.
* HSUPA ... I'd like to enable HSUPA. I'm fortunate enough to live in an area with a new 3G tower and small population, which means I know there is more bandwidth available so I might as well use it. Especially since on occasion I need to tether.
* I don't want to lose noise cancellation
* I would like a ROM with good battery performance
Otherwise I'm not concerned with new features ... besides the issues above I do fine with the 2.1 ROM (not saying I don't want 2.2, just saying I don't care whether the custom ROM includes custom launchers, themes, etc). I would -like- working Bluetooth + HSUPA but my version of "working Bluetooth" doesn't care about voice dialing.
PS. I've read a number of threads on ROMs and modems ... but my brain hit information overload once I started trying to match up both. I probably could have settled on a single ROM -or- modem, but trying to get them to mesh well just didn't compute.
Everyone has different experiences with different roms. I know it's a cliche but it's true. I've had pretty much no gps in a rom that boasts about gps. Best to try each rom and see if you like any.
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Personally I love my combo of darky's 9.1 with suckerpunch oc/uv kernel and the tjl3 modem. I really haven't used the gps much and so I can't say about that (make sure to use faster fix to get the right region). The battery life is all day for me and I use stereo bluetooth headphones all day. I really like the look too. I don't know if it has noise canceling though. Hopefully this is helpful.
HSUPA requires an I9000 based ROM with a matching modem.
I'm using Serendipity 5.0 with a JK4 modem.
Perception 10.3 with JK4 modem + Firebird2 0.8
ua549 said:
HSUPA requires an I9000 based ROM with a matching modem.
I'm using Serendipity 5.0 with a JK4 modem.
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Andromeda with an i9000 modem.....it works
ive had mine a total of 3weeks. I went with cog. 3.04 speedmod kernel. My problem is that none of the I9000 modems would work with it. Im running a jj4 modem. For 3g
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ke5tny said:
ive had mine a total of 3weeks. I went with cog. 3.04 speedmod kernel. My problem is that none of the I9000 modems would work with it. Im running a jj4 modem. For 3g
Does your Bluetooth work with that combo?
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I primarily use the wired one. Ill try it later tonite and will Post results
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Ok. I get static on bt with my combo....
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The only way to have noise cancellation is to stay with 2.1. From what I understand, att is the only one to have included the noise cancellation chip and since we do not yet have an official Att 2.2 source we can not take advantage of the chip.
Not sure on this one, but doesn't i9000 based roms have the bt static issue? And is the i9000 roms the only ones that let you have hsupa? Sorry a lot of information is on this site and I am trying to learn as much as I can.
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Andromeda with an i9000 modem.....it works
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Started with the included modem (??), flashed jk4 with CWM (didn't help), moved to Telus JL3. I like JL3 better right now.
Just know that you have to pay attention to what ROM you're using. If you're running a I9000 rom, you have to use a I9000 modem.
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The only way to have noise cancellation is to stay with 2.1. From what I understand, att is the only one to have included the noise cancellation chip and since we do not yet have an official Att 2.2 source we can not take advantage of the chip.
Not sure on this one, but doesn't i9000 based roms have the bt static issue? And is the i9000 roms the only ones that let you have hsupa? Sorry a lot of information is on this site and I am trying to learn as much as I can.
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The way to get Bluetooth to work on a i9000 Rom is to have a i9000 Rom +i9000 kernel +i9000 modem you will have both hspa plus Bluetooth working
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The way to get Bluetooth to work on a i9000 Rom is to have a i9000 Rom +i9000 kernel +i9000 modem you will have both hspa plus Bluetooth working
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But you wont have the audience chip working.
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Also using Darkys 9.1 and find the battery life is great. The only I see is wifi stops connecting after 1 day or so, but a reboot brings it back up.
What improvements did you see with the suckerpunch kernel?
SSMI said:
Personally I love my combo of darky's 9.1 with suckerpunch oc/uv kernel and the tjl3 modem. I really haven't used the gps much and so I can't say about that (make sure to use faster fix to get the right region). The battery life is all day for me and I use stereo bluetooth headphones all day. I really like the look too. I don't know if it has noise canceling though. Hopefully this is helpful.
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Also using Darkys 9.1 and find the battery life is great. The only I see is wifi stops connecting after 1 day or so, but a reboot brings it back up.
What improvements did you see with the suckerpunch kernel?
Captivate ROM
IMO just give me a Captivate ROM for my Captivate phone that's up to date without all the BS
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Also using Darkys 9.1 and find the battery life is great. The only I see is wifi stops connecting after 1 day or so, but a reboot brings it back up.
What improvements did you see with the suckerpunch kernel?
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I got more or less 12 hours with that combo uv'ed to 800 mhz with active gps (my tracks) running for 3 hours, then music playing and playing angry birds and wifi active
But I had to calibrate my battery twice first
Swyped from my captivate
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Hi,
I own my galaxy for like 3 weeks now.
The first 2 weeks I was running stock 2.2.1, and had sudden reboots (it even entered into safe mod once I was sleeping and woke up from the sound the phone was doing), force closes.
So I decided and installed deodexed stock rom with speedmod kernel (+lagfix and recommended tweaks), and I feel that my phone is still bad. Angry birds keeps freezing the phone, wifi errors, and I can't run my phone more than 50hrs of uptime, it either will randomly reboot or as it happens today simply turns it self off and wont let me to turn in on (or getting into recovery/download mode).
When this phone was out everybody said its awesome (fast, stable etc) and I waited for prices to get down, now when I finally got it I think that I made a mistake.
Is anybody else frustrated with their phone? Am I doing something wrong? Maybe I should I hope that samsungs gingerbread will fix this? Or
maybe I should try custom rom like Darky or CM7?
Maybe all smartphones sucks and I dont know it because I never had a smartphone before?
Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot!
is it a new or used one mate ??????
i had it for 1 year now its the best
Its a new one of course.
Are you running any custom rom/kernel?
the beauty of SGS and Android is the continuous evolution of the ROMs you install...
I tried many different ROMs , and I am sure you would finally find something that will make you happy with the machine...
for a start, if you are on 2.2.1, get Darky 9.5 and you wont be disappointed.
Your phone is faulty. I had the device on stock froyo for 4 months after buying it and I never had random reboots or wifi issues.
Definitely take it back. I've modded mine so many times and still looks new to me. Had mine since January of this year.
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@kauh1970 Thanks for the support!
@Furry Atom, very supportive, however I do start to think that something might be wrong with my phone. On other hand, that might be some application that causes the problems.
@alluliwi, Sorry my English is not that good, what do you mean by "take it back"?
Thanks!
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@kauh1970 Thanks for the support!
@Furry Atom, very supportive, however I do start to think that something might be wrong with my phone. On other hand, that might be some application that causes the problems.
@alluliwi, Sorry my English is not that good, what do you mean by "take it back"?
Thanks!
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By take it back, he meant to send the phone back for repairs or replacement under warranty to Samsung.
I have no problem with my phone, the only thing i dont like is the free ram available... seem low to me
@timelessfahad Thanks for clearing that up.
@vanvn297 You are running a stock 2.2.1 ROM?
Hi,
I recently updated via kies from stock 2.1 to stock 2.2 HVJP4.
So far I'm not impressed with the stock froyo rom. It's often sluggish and apps, especially email from exchange, crash reguarly.
I have not experienced any problems with wifi or 3g reception however.
I'm still trawling the forum, trying to find all the info and confidence to backup the current rom and try something different, but there's a good chance a stock gingerbread rom will appear before that happens. Hopefully it will address some of these problems. Fingers crossed
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Gingerbread works fine
The issue with wifi is pretty known from what I looked (strange thing it never happened on the stock samsung rom only started to happen on deodexed stock with speedmod kernel).
The other thing my original rom was XXJPY and I flashed a deodexed XXJPY so maybe the rom it self is not that good. Gonna try XXJVH/XXJVB deodexed with Demian kernel probably, or will try Darky ROM (also considering CM7).
More replies about your satisfaction with galaxy s will be happily accepted!
Thanks.
skwo said:
More replies about your satisfaction with galaxy s will be happily accepted!
Thanks.
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in my opinion cm7 has gotten to the point that there is no reason not to install it... its litterally just a single zip now after you have rooted and put cwm on you're phone. the battery is fine, the photo/video is fine (although the samsung camera is way better... panoramic pics ftw) wifi/data is fine/ no need for lagfix/ and its constantly being updated..
edit: actually I think the battery might be better than what I was getting on darky 9.5...
i have been frustrated about my sgs for the first month until i discovered the rom world
usally the stock rom comes bloated with **** and uneeded stuff wich makes the phone slower and many other useless things...(i think)
i am still kind of new to all this and there is so much info do some reading and see how your sgs can be a beast
I too am not feeling the awesomeness of the Galaxy S. My friend got his one when it came out and its hard to believe this is the same phone I thought of as awesome all that time.
I got it new last week, and experiencing quirky behavior that really makes me feel like I'm using a low-mid class phone, and made me completely unenthusiastic/ not inclined with moving to the new phone which is how it should be. I even used my old Motorlla V8 for days after I got the SGS cos I was so unimpressed.
Poor camera, reception, crashes, dropouts, low wi fi signal, stutters, not responding to taps etc, really clunky loose volume button that makes it feel cheap, cheap sounding speaker. And I haven't installed anything on it except quadrant standard, and that crashes sometimes too.
To elborate a little. As far as comparable qualities go, compared to my Motorolla V8, The reception and voice quality is poor. Same network same simcard, I get half the signal, during a call it will sometimes dropout or make that guitar like noise, whereas my V8 never did any of that.
Even when I am next to a wi fi router. It doesn't show full wi-fi signal. Not even at my friends house. It reaches nowhere near as much as any laptop I have had.
I gotta compare these attributes to my friends sgs.
What I have compared so far is the camera, which is much worse on mine, You can see the thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081453
The AMOLED screen is also a lot dimmer, and cant display white as pure white but a grey/blue tint. Same settings max brightness.
For example quadrant standard, the spinning DNA like helix test. His background is pure snow white, mine is an off blue/grey dim white.
We also compared speakers, same song. His one has stronger clearer sounds, its quite noticable. All in all I'm wondering If I should replace my phone within the 14 day period.
I already took it back one about the camera issue to where I got it and the guy said its fine, so I would really have to go to Vodaphone or samsung directly to get a new one, which I did, and they said go to a repair centre. Even if they even have stock, it could be the same problems. And I would have to prove all these grey area problems.
Anyway check out my other thread as well and apply the Spectrum or Waveform Wallpaper. I wonder if its glitching here, but I think its most likely normal.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086257
I will try upload a vid soon.
I am using my sgs now for 2 month, and i have to say its a great phone.
But its only great if you flash it.
In my opinion stock roms by Samsung are not fast enough,
full with useless apps and many tweaks like voodoo sound and gps fixes are missing.
(Tested 2 SGS from different providers, both roms not usable)
Try Darkys rom as also mentioned on page one.
There are many roms, and not all of them are bugfree and stable.
You have to remember the programmers arent payed for their work.
If you still have wifi problems uing darkys rom, your phone is damaged.
You probably need to start afresh.
Reflash a stock rom (ie. JPU which is a fill rom), then update to stock gingerbread. There shouldn't be many bugs at all.
oswade said:
You probably need to start afresh.
Reflash a stock rom (ie. JPU which is a fill rom), then update to stock gingerbread. There shouldn't be many bugs at all.
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I finally plucked up the courage to do exactly that.
I'm now running JVH with a CF rooted kernel and the phone is now performing close to what I hoped for.
Secondary boot loaders have also been fixed and I'll admit I held my breath during that flash.
Thanks to everyone here for providing the info I needed and making great roms.
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Ive had mine since day 1 and its been amazing. No latency issues, wifi/data works perfectly, stable, no fc's(force closes), and the display is perfect. It seems they've gotten fairly "cheap" with the manufacturing of the newer, more recent models being shipped.
Love this phone... BUT, im still going to trade it in for an SGS2
I'm currently switching up ics roms and kernels to see which works best for me but I do not understand modems so I need some help here. I saw jk4 on the map close to me. I live in jacksonville fl and commute all around the city and west of jacksonville daily I was wondering which ones to try out.
Thanks
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donk232 said:
I'm currently switching up ics roms and kernels to see which works best for me but I do not understand modems so I need some help here. I saw jk4 on the map close to me. I live in jacksonville fl and commute all around the city and west of jacksonville daily I was wondering which ones to try out.
Thanks
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Just start downloading them and trying them, giving them about 2 days before you decide if you like it. Several factors to consider are call quality, signal strength, battery life, and GPS reception. Since your using ICS roms, you must use the modems packaged as CM7/MIUI. You try using something else and it won't flash.
Look >>HERE<< for all the modems you would ever want to try. (FWIW, I like BVJWW2)
Like mrhaley said, there are a variety of things that affect it. JK4 worked great for me when I was in Florida, so I would start there. JW2 is nice also, but it seems like people can't hear me as well with it.
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JK4 FTW! I've stayed with it since Eclair and it still works great now I'm on THS ICS. Great starting point to try out.
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I flashed jk4 just now. Im over my data limit so I will not be testing internet yet, if it works better I will see better battery life because service is better and faster internet? Is that right?
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I'm not sure about better battery life but call quality, data speed and connection stability will definitely improve if the modem is right for you
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rheicide said:
I'm not sure about better battery life but call quality, data speed and connection stability will definitely improve if the modem is right for you
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Better battery life will happen if it gives you better signal strength in the areas you spend the most time.
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korockinout13 said:
Better battery life will happen if it gives you better signal strength in the areas you spend the most time.
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Thanks for that info
hope can get some advice
Hello guys, a few days back I flashed teamhacksung's CM9 ALPHA for Captivate (BUILD 17) on my wife's phone, but she has told me that her apps are not syncing outside of a wifi connection.
I'm thinking it might be something related to the modem.
So I'm looking for any advice on which moden should I load, considering we live in Venezuela? Any tips?
Regards.
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Hello guys, a few days back I flashed teamhacksung's CM9 ALPHA for Captivate (BUILD 17) on my wife's phone, but she has told me that her apps are not syncing outside of a wifi connection.
I'm thinking it might be something related to the modem.
So I'm looking for any advice on which moden should I load, considering we live in Venezuela? Any tips?
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Someone listed the "UGKC1" modem in use in Panama. You might consider UGJL2 or UGKG3 also, near by. Search "soggy cashew captivate modem" and check the map. Update your own listing if you find something that works.
rupalazzi said:
Hello guys, a few days back I flashed teamhacksung's CM9 ALPHA for Captivate (BUILD 17) on my wife's phone, but she has told me that her apps are not syncing outside of a wifi connection.
I'm thinking it might be something related to the modem.
So I'm looking for any advice on which moden should I load, considering we live in Venezuela? Any tips?
Regards.
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That is a bit out of date, you probably should flash a newer build
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Thanks for the info guys, had to flash elite v. 10.1 rom, this was the only rom that would enable data service.
Tried:
AOKP-captivatemtd-build-35
F1-galaxynexus-galaxys-20120502-beta2
Nostalgia-b31-v5.4
Team ICSSGS
CM9-20120510-nightly
CNA-1.5.5
Dark Knight v5.5
Elite v.10.1 was the only rom that connected data service.
The good things is that my wife likes it as is right now, which makes it easy on me. Hehehe.
Regards.
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Hi everyone,
Are there any reviews or benchmarks for the various popular mods posted somewhere on XDA-Developers?
I have a Droid 3 - Bell Canada XT860 Atrix that is unlocked and just been rooted. Please suggest the best mod in terms of performance, drivers support, and battery consumption.
Thanks
XT860 and Atrix are different from each other. One difference is that the XT860 has a keyboard and Atrix does not.
You are right. This is XT860. Don't know why I added Atrix. So, can you recommend any of the available roms?
Best,
There is a thread ranking and reviewing all the current ics based roms, im on my device so im not linking anything. Its called DROID 3 rom comparison or something similar. Be aware all the ics roms have the same issues, due to the locked bootloader and the difficulties of running ics with a gingerbread kernel. Namely no hardware codecs for video camera, call volume issues, check the rom threads for specifics. That said aokp was my fav, lots of customization
Mavrom 4.0 is the only gingerbread rom that still sees support. Liberty is pretty good, with some good customization, but you'll have to scroll down pretty far. Eclipse is nice too, you'll have to go to rootzwiki to get that. Liberty might be easier to find there too as it has its own subforum.
You should also know that any rom that isn't specifically for xt860 will need a patch to make data work. There's different patches for gb and ics. They both have threads
If you need more help finding any of this stuff il try to point you in the right direction but as I said, on device, no links
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Thanks, I found the thread. It seems that AOKP and CM are the most popular.
"Namely no hardware codecs for video camera, call volume issues"
^^^^Is this going to change anytime or there is no hope for Droid-3 and ICS marriage anymore?
P.S. Does the camera work and is just not optimized? Call volume issue is annoying enough to want to go back or stock?
Thanks
I think both issues are being worked on... at least I haven't heard/read anything about devs giving up on them.
Camera seems normal (I'm using AOKP). Took a few pics so far. Panorama mode on the camera doesn't work. I don't think video recording works (I just tried it - when I hit the record button, nothing happens - I believe that has something to do with the video codecs not working). That said, there is a netflix issue (video codecs needed). I haven't noticed a call volume issue yet (but I haven't had it installed for very long).
torontobc said:
Thanks, I found the thread. It seems that AOKP and CM are the most popular.
"Namely no hardware codecs for video camera, call volume issues"
^^^^Is this going to change anytime or there is no hope for Droid-3 and ICS marriage anymore?
P.S. Does the camera work and is just not optimized? Call volume issue is annoying enough to want to go back or stock?
Thanks
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Honestly who knows if will ever get the video. Its a deal breaker for me. I need to use Skype on my phone, so I'm running mavrom. I also found I get much better battery life with mavrom than any ics based rom, I tend to use my device a fair bit during the day and on ics it was always dying
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Panorama feature is nice and I use it sometimes but I can sacrifice it for ICS. However, video not working is a deal breaker for for me. I won't make my move yet then. Stick this old ginger I am disappointed but THANK YOU all for opening my eyes to the issues.
ics isn't bad. the battery life is pretty horrid though i listen to music quite lot nd ics couldn't keep up with it. bus rides lol my phone would be t 40 by the end of school and on stock its bout 60 or 70. youtube works which i found found funny but yeah. install safeboot i think its called. it lets you try the rom and if you don't like it then just switch it back. I haven't tried ny gingerbread roms yet. might try mav rom. are there more or is there only 3? it kind of dissapointed me there is no fully working cm7 :/
Anyone got any solid advice, fact based evidence on how to sort out out dodgy GPS signal on ics. Tried many modems, many gps.conf files, they make a little difference but still nowhere as good as GB. Currently using slim 3.7 on semaphore, thx dudes
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Anyone got any solid advice, fact based evidence on how to sort out out dodgy GPS signal on ics. Tried many modems, many gps.conf files, they make a little difference but still nowhere as good as GB. Currently using slim 3.7 on semaphore, thx dudes
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Allegedly, the JW4 modem ICS to work well. Tested themselves I don't have that but yet ^^
thanks, tried jw4 and jvu, these were fine on GB but not on ics, so it must be something else, just need to find out what
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try JVT modem from the modem thread in here somewhere. it has good signal and else on ICS. Im in ireland and have no problem with reception or gps. hope it will work well in uk.
cheers mate, tried jvt (and a few more from perkas stash) wiped cache/dalvik, still dodgy grrrrrrr,
was great on GB, 5-15m, no drops, as soon as i flashed ics, its 10-40m with dropouts, was the same on cm9 and slim, annoying as i use navigation a lot, thx for reply
oh, i do get a decent fix when stationary, then it loses the plot a bit when i start driving
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Been looking around other forums, it appears that ics does provide a dodgy GPS signal for many phones. Thats that then :'(
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Noticed that, too. On any ICS ROM I tried GPS signal is very jumpy, fixes take ages and the refresh rate of the GPS signal is every 100-300 meters.
Flashed Darky ROM 9.5 to see if the battery runtime is indeed as good as everyone states (in my opinion better then GB but equal to ICS) and experienced fabulous GPS performance, fixes in 5-10 seconds and constant GPS signal. However there might also be GB ROMs that are equally performant.